laurenmay
Gold Member
Hi everyone!
I'm gonna have to bore you all with my long story, just for you to get an idea of why I'm here and how I have two stone to lose!
I fell pregnant back in October 2010, and pre-pregnancy was a small size 8 and weighed 9st 7lbs. I'm not naturally small builded and I'm not one of the lucky ones who can eat and eat yet not gain weight. I calorie counted religiously and attended the gym 3 or 4 times a week to stay the size and weight I was...
At the end of my pregnancy, the day my son was born, I weighed a whopping 14st 7lbs! I'd gained 5 stone during the pregnancy, and only 1 stone of it was the baby, placenta and fluids etc - the other 4 stone was pure FAT!!
I ended up with a caesarean, and for the first 6 weeks after he was born couldn't exercise or do anything too strenuous. But about 2 weeks after he was born I did start dieting again in a desperate attempt to shift the baby weight as soon as possible!! I stayed below 1000 calories a day, exercised at the gym for 90 minutes six days a week, and every Friday evening would allow myself a night off for a treat..
I lost all the baby weight within four months, and by November weighed in at 9st 10lbs and was back down to a size 8. But then Christmas came and went, and when it went it took my willpower and motivation with it!! So literally from January until this present day, I've been on a constant lazy binge, eating anything and everything without a second thought about it..
Which is why I'm now 12 stone, and desperate to lose two stone and get down to 10 stone just to feel healthy and slim again! I'm not sure if I'd want to be 9st 7lbs again, I'll probably wait until I hit my first target of 10 stone and then see how I feel there.
I did start the Cambridge diet just over a week ago, in a desperate attempt to get rid of the weight as quickly as possible, but had to admit defeat and accept its not the lifestyle for me - there's no way I could feel satisfied and happy with three shakes a day!! I need normality and to feel happy and not deprived.. So that's why I'm back to calorie counting!
Slow and steady wins the race as they say! And I'll accept a slow gradual weight loss, so long as its a loss and the scales are dropping I'm happy! I need a more sustainable loss and a complete lifestyle change, for me and my 10 month old little boy whose really into his food!!
So I've ordered my food shopping, which will be delivered at 8pm tonight and then as of tomorrow it's full speed ahead with CC and regular exercise to get myself slim again!
- sent from my iPhone. "No one said it would be easy, they just said it'd be worth it.."
I'm gonna have to bore you all with my long story, just for you to get an idea of why I'm here and how I have two stone to lose!
I fell pregnant back in October 2010, and pre-pregnancy was a small size 8 and weighed 9st 7lbs. I'm not naturally small builded and I'm not one of the lucky ones who can eat and eat yet not gain weight. I calorie counted religiously and attended the gym 3 or 4 times a week to stay the size and weight I was...
At the end of my pregnancy, the day my son was born, I weighed a whopping 14st 7lbs! I'd gained 5 stone during the pregnancy, and only 1 stone of it was the baby, placenta and fluids etc - the other 4 stone was pure FAT!!
I ended up with a caesarean, and for the first 6 weeks after he was born couldn't exercise or do anything too strenuous. But about 2 weeks after he was born I did start dieting again in a desperate attempt to shift the baby weight as soon as possible!! I stayed below 1000 calories a day, exercised at the gym for 90 minutes six days a week, and every Friday evening would allow myself a night off for a treat..
I lost all the baby weight within four months, and by November weighed in at 9st 10lbs and was back down to a size 8. But then Christmas came and went, and when it went it took my willpower and motivation with it!! So literally from January until this present day, I've been on a constant lazy binge, eating anything and everything without a second thought about it..
Which is why I'm now 12 stone, and desperate to lose two stone and get down to 10 stone just to feel healthy and slim again! I'm not sure if I'd want to be 9st 7lbs again, I'll probably wait until I hit my first target of 10 stone and then see how I feel there.
I did start the Cambridge diet just over a week ago, in a desperate attempt to get rid of the weight as quickly as possible, but had to admit defeat and accept its not the lifestyle for me - there's no way I could feel satisfied and happy with three shakes a day!! I need normality and to feel happy and not deprived.. So that's why I'm back to calorie counting!
Slow and steady wins the race as they say! And I'll accept a slow gradual weight loss, so long as its a loss and the scales are dropping I'm happy! I need a more sustainable loss and a complete lifestyle change, for me and my 10 month old little boy whose really into his food!!
So I've ordered my food shopping, which will be delivered at 8pm tonight and then as of tomorrow it's full speed ahead with CC and regular exercise to get myself slim again!
- sent from my iPhone. "No one said it would be easy, they just said it'd be worth it.."